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CAPE TOWN, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Glencore unit
Astron Energy is in the final stages of fully restarting
production at its 100,000 barrel per day South African refinery,
the company said on Thursday, more than two years after a deadly
explosion shuttered operations.
"We are in the final steps of a safe full restart ... and
plan to fully recommence the production of refined products for
supply into the Western Cape and the wider South African regions
in the coming weeks," a company statement said.
Restarting the Cape Town refinery, the country's third
largest and offline since an explosion in 2020 killed two
workers, will help net importer South Africa secure petroleum
supplies as several other refineries in the country look to shut
down permanently.
(Reporting by Wendell Roelf
Editing by Alexander Winning)
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